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D. L. ALLYN. COMBINED CARPET AND WEATHER STRIP. I No. 364,462. PatentedJune 7, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAN. L. ALLYN, OF BLOOMTNGTON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO CYRUSFRANK, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED CARPET AND WEATHER STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,462, dated June '7,1887.

Application filed February .2, 1887. SeIial No. 226,276. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAN. L. ALLYN, of Bloomington, in the county ofMcLean and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved CombinedCarpet and Weather Strip, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

My invention has for its object to provide a combined carpet and weatherstrip adapted to be placed beneath a door, which, when the door is open,will present the appearance and serve the purpose of the usualcarpetstrip, and when the door is shut will be operated automaticallythereby to tightly close the bottom seam against the admission of coldair.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, ashereinafter clearly described, and particularly point-ed out in theclaim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view of my improved combinationcarpet and weather strip, on the line a: m, Fig. 2, the doorway to whichit is applied being in elevation and the door open. Fig. 2 is a planview of the strip, the door and posts being in section. Fig. 3 is aninverted plan view of one end of the combination strip.

The combined carpet and weather strip is composed of two longitudinalsections, A B, of equal height, and beveled or rounded on the outeredges, so that when united and fitted between the door-posts, as shownin Fig. 2, a strip is formed having a flush surface, and serving theusual purpose of a border to the edge of the carpet C.

The inner section, A, is stationary, and is fixed in the space beneaththe closed door by screws D. The sections A B are chamberedlongitudinally on their under sides, and from the interior of section Aproject hook-lugs E into the interior of section B, where they areengaged by lugs F, projecting downward from the inner edge of the same.

The hook-lugs E retain the section B in place, and the adjacent edgesofthe lugs E F are beveled or inclined, for a purpose to be presentlydescribed.

On the end of the section B adjacent to the hinged edge of the door isformed an upwardlyprojecting lug, G, which, when the door is closed, isstruck, as by a cam, by the inner lower end of the same, or by awear-plate, H, thereon, thereby causing the inclined faces of the lugs Fto ride up the inclined faces of the lugs E, as the inner inclined edgeof the section B is raised, the outer edge resting on the floor, asshown in Fig. 1.

A molding, K, is secured across the lower outer side of the door, is cutaway at L to permit the engagement of the lug G with the same, and isundercut at M at its lower edge, to receive and form a tight joint withthe inner edge of section B when the same is raised by the door.

The outer section, B, is rendered detachable by its hooks andlug-connection with section A, so that it can be easily removed forcleaning purposes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, a combined carpet and weatherstrip compris' ing the section A, having the forwardly-projecting hookedlugs E extending beyond its inner edge and beveled on their inner faces,and the section B, recessed in its under sur' face to receive the lugsE, and provided with downward-projecting beveled lugs F, engag ing thebeveled lugs E, and with the upward projection G at one corner of itsinner inclined edge, substantially as set forth.

DAN. L. ALLYN. Witnesses:

GEORGE P. ELA, Ovens FRANK.

